Handle for cold and hot water cocks



Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

lJlillTED STATES PATENT i seien.

CLINTON F. MACK, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

DEFLECTOR SHIELD.

Application filed April 6, 1926. Serial No. 100,203.

My invention relates to improvements on deilector shields and isparticularly adapted tor installation on wall registers leading 'tromhot air furnaces and wall electric heaters and other heaters that areinstalled in or against the walls ot dwellings. The principal objects ofthe invention are to provide a deiiector shield having rear side andupper flanges that may be readily inserted between the wall and registeror heater whereby same may be eil'ectively and readily installed fordirecting the heat away from the wall and thus prevent charring andsmoking of same. Further objects are to provide the shield withresilient side members having a novel arrangement of notches whereby thedevice may be installed by removing the two upper screws only from theregister or heater. Atinother object is to provide a novel arrangementand means for preventing the top or" the shield from becomingoverheated.

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists oi the novel construction,adaptation, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter describedand claimed. These objects are accomplished by devices illustrated inthe accompanying drawing l wherein- Figure 1 is a view in rearvelevation of the device showing the flanges and arrangement ot. notchesfor installing same;

l? 2 is a view in transverse vertical section showing` the deviceinstalled on a hot air wall register; and

Fig. 3 is a view in transverse vertical seetion showing the novel meansfor mounting a corrugated asbestos insulator lining within the upperportion of the device.

Referring to the drawings throughout which like reference numeralsdesignate like parts7 the numeral indicates the top ot t ie device thatis sui'l'iciently broad to direct the heat away :trom a wall 6 and whosewidth is governed by the dimensions of the register or heater upon whichit is to be mounted.

The numerals 7 and 8 respectively designate the sides that areordinarily formed by pressing the end portions downwardly at rightangles to the top 5. The forward edges of said sides slant inwardly frompoints slightly below said top and are turned inwardly upon themselves,as at 9, to provide smooth reinforced edges.

rllhe top o is provided with a right anglo forward flange 10 extendingdownwardly to the upper ends of the slanting edges 9 where it is doubledupon itselt to torni a smooth strong edge, and its ends are weld-ed orotherwise secured to the upper portions et the sides 7 and 8 to tornismooth corners. Said top is also provided with a rear i'iange 11 atright angles thereto more fully hereinafter described.

The sides 7 and 8 are illicit-rise provided with rear flanges 12 and 13respectifely at right angles thereto and in the saine plano with theflange 11. The lower portion of said ilanges are provided with notches14e and 15. Before bending notches are cut at the juncture ot the sidesand top in such fashion that when the three flanges are pressed to formV shaped notches 16 and 17 will thereby be provided at the upper rearcorners as yshown in Fig'. 1.

A dust roll 18 is mounted within the angle :formed by the top 5 and the'forward flange 10. Said roll is bent in semi-circular torni and iswelded in place with its inner edge portion 19 deflected inwardly toserve as retaining means for a dust absorbing pad 20.

In Fig. 3 I have shown means for preventing the top of the shield trombecoming excessively heated. Said means comprises a sheet ot corrugatedasbestos 2l that forms a lining for the underside oi' the top 5. Theouter edge of said lining is placed in engagement with the bent portion19 of the dust roll 18 while its inner edge may be secured by a sheetmetal bracket 22. Said insulator lining has been omitted from Fig. 2 andis more particularly adapted to the shields installed on electricheaters where the local radiation ci. heat is very intense. Inconnection with this arrangement I also usually install sheets ofasbestos 28 covering the entire inner surfaces of both sides i' and 8and place thereover thin sheet metal linings 29 to protect and retainsame in place. This, of course, is done tor the purpose of insu latingsaid sides against excessive heat.

To install my deiiector shield it is necessary to remove the two upperscrews 9.3 that pass through the upper tlang-e 2e of the register orheater 25, as lshown in Fig. 2, and

to loosen the next 'screws 26, that pass through the side flanges 27 ofthe register, a suticient distance for the entry oi the flanges 12 and13 of the shield. It will be understood that the device is usually made

